NYC Subway Recovery by Borough
This chart summarizes station-level subway recovery within each borough. It shows the median and middle half of comparable station-complex recovery ratios alongside the share of stations at or above 2019 ridership; these are unweighted station distributions rather than borough ridership totals.
What does it show?
Queens has the highest median station recovery, while the Bronx remains materially weaker and has no comparable station at or above its 2019 ridership.
Methodology
Uses the exact comparable-station sample from NYC’s Uneven Subway Recovery, then groups station-complex recovery ratios by MTA borough. The left panel shows each borough’s interquartile range and median; the right panel shows the share of comparable stations at or above their 2019 ridership. Staten Island is absent because the official datasets classify the Staten Island Railway separately from subway. These are distributions across stations, not ridership-weighted borough totals. Station eligibility, seasonal windows, and caveats about service, construction, tourism, neighborhood activity, fare evasion, and remote work match the companion ranking.